Martin Amis

In this bonus episode, we have a special audio production from British literary scholar Saul Leslie and American writer Wendy Liu.   What do you think David Foster Wallace was really like in a tennis match? You are invited to listen to a tennis commentary of a fictional match played between David Foster Wallace and Martin Amis. This audio piece was part of DFW2023, held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was written and presented by Saul Leslie, and features commentary by fictional Wimbledon champion and writer Elsa Canetti (voiced by Wendy Liu), and a guest 'courtside' appearance from literary academic Beci Carver. Hopefully this gives you a sense of what it would be like if Amis and Wallace really did play against one another. As for who is ultimately triumphant, you’ll have to listen to find out!  Be sure to check out this pamphlet for more details about the tennis match and the audio production.  Follow Saul:  Email - sileslie@liverpool.ac.uk. Twitter - @postpost_its  Follow Wendy: Twitter - @dellsystem Website - https://dellsystem.me/

In this bonus episode, we have a special audio production from British literary scholar Saul Leslie and American writer Wendy Liu.  What do you think David Foster Wallace was really like in a tennis match? You are invited to listen to a tennis commentary of a fictional match played between David Foster Wallace and Martin Amis. This audio piece was part of DFW2023, held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was written and presented by Saul Leslie, and features commentary by fictional Wimbledon champion and writer Elsa Canetti (voiced by Wendy Liu), and a guest 'courtside' appearance from literary academic <a href="https://twitter.com/becimay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beci Carver</a>. Hopefully this gives you a sense of what it would be like if Amis and Wallace really did play against one another. As for who is ultimately triumphant, you’ll have to listen to find out! Be sure to <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3be94b/Martin_Amis_and_DFW_-_Two_writers_and_their_sport_-_Wimbledon_pamplet_pdf6o84n.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">check out this pamphlet </a>for more details about the tennis match and the audio production. Follow Saul:  Email - <a href="mailto:sileslie@liverpool.ac.uk">sileslie@liverpool.ac.uk</a>. Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/postpost_its" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@postpost_its</a> Follow Wendy: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/dellsystem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dellsystem</a> Website - <a href="https://dellsystem.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dellsystem.me/</a>

BONUS: DFW vs Martin Amis: Every Tennis Match is a Ghost Story

Matt Bucher

In Episode 73, Dave welcomes special guest Matt Bucher on the show to discuss his debut novel, The Belan Deck.  Buy Matt's book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-belan-deck-matt-bucher/19943822?ean=9798888623428 Biblioklept review: https://biblioklept.org/2023/06/02/matt-buchers-the-belan-deck-is-an-unexpectedly-moving-argument-for-humanity-and-serious-triviality/ The Belan Deck on Goodreads (featuring reviews by many of our amazing listeners, like Phillip Freedenberg, Jack Waters, and Richie Speiser): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128126023-the-belan-deck Erick Eckel review: https://erikeckel.com/2023/06/18/the-belan-deck-hints-of-microserfs-in-an-ai-age/ Jay Innis Murray review/interview: https://www.thevisionarycompany.net/blog/the-afterlife-of-anecdotes-a-review-of-the-belan-deck-by-matt-bucher   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 73, Dave welcomes special guest Matt Bucher on the show to discuss his debut novel, The Belan Deck.  Buy Matt's book here: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-belan-deck-matt-bucher/19943822?ean=9798888623428" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-belan-deck-matt-bucher/19943822?ean=9798888623428</a> Biblioklept review: <a href="https://biblioklept.org/2023/06/02/matt-buchers-the-belan-deck-is-an-unexpectedly-moving-argument-for-humanity-and-serious-triviality/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://biblioklept.org/2023/06/02/matt-buchers-the-belan-deck-is-an-unexpectedly-moving-argument-for-humanity-and-serious-triviality/</a> The Belan Deck on Goodreads (featuring reviews by many of our amazing listeners, like Phillip Freedenberg, Jack Waters, and Richie Speiser): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128126023-the-belan-deck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128126023-the-belan-deck</a> Erick Eckel review: <a href="https://erikeckel.com/2023/06/18/the-belan-deck-hints-of-microserfs-in-an-ai-age/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://erikeckel.com/2023/06/18/the-belan-deck-hints-of-microserfs-in-an-ai-age/</a> Jay Innis Murray review/interview: <a href="https://www.thevisionarycompany.net/blog/the-afterlife-of-anecdotes-a-review-of-the-belan-deck-by-matt-bucher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thevisionarycompany.net/blog/the-afterlife-of-anecdotes-a-review-of-the-belan-deck-by-matt-bucher</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 73 - Matt Bucher, author of The Belan Deck

Sheila Liming

In Episode 72, we welcome friend of the show, Edith Wharton scholar, accordion/bagpiper extraordinaire, and prolific writer, Sheila Liming on to talk about her new book Hanging Out, delving into the myriad ways that unstructured hang time is a radical, life-affirming act that resists capitalist commodification.  The New York Times article on Sheila and the book: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/style/sheila-liming-hanging-out-interview.html Sheila on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/seeshespeak Buy the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/ and here https://bookshop.org/p/books/hanging-out-the-radical-power-of-killing-time-sheila-liming/18462992?ean=9781685890056   Information about the 2023 DFW Conference in Gettysburg, June 22-24: https://dfwsociety.org/conference/   Contact Matt and Dave: Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 72, we welcome friend of the show, Edith Wharton scholar, accordion/bagpiper extraordinaire, and prolific writer, Sheila Liming on to talk about her new book Hanging Out, delving into the myriad ways that unstructured hang time is a radical, life-affirming act that resists capitalist commodification.  The New York Times article on Sheila and the book: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/style/sheila-liming-hanging-out-interview.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/style/sheila-liming-hanging-out-interview.html</a> Sheila on Twitter here: <a href="https://twitter.com/seeshespeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/seeshespeak</a> Buy the book here: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/</a> and here <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/hanging-out-the-radical-power-of-killing-time-sheila-liming/18462992?ean=9781685890056" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/p/books/hanging-out-the-radical-power-of-killing-time-sheila-liming/18462992?ean=9781685890056</a> Information about the 2023 DFW Conference in Gettysburg, June 22-24: <a href="https://dfwsociety.org/conference/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dfwsociety.org/conference/</a> Contact Matt and Dave: Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 72 - Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time

Evan Stephens

In this episode, we talk with prolific reader and accomplished musician Evan Stephens Hall from the band Pinegrove. We discuss his top books of the year and go through a few of our own favorite reading experiences from 2022.   Here is the David Foster Wallace &amp; Richard Powers Q&amp;A we mention.    And here is the reading poriton of that event that begins with DFW talking about the “brick” in his pocket.   The Pinegrove songs featured in this episode are Alaska and Habitat.  Thank you to Rough Trade Records, Pinegrove and Evan Stephens Hall for permission.    Here are our Concavity Show Best Songs of 2022 playlists:   iTunes: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/best-of-2022/pl.u-EdAVv5dCaMJB7j   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BwuTDJq2LoU8ZzdSDXSK5?si=052f5d25ed514b43   Evan, top books mentioned: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Gaines stamp!) Morality Play by Barry Unsworth Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Public Library by Ali Smith (and Autumn!) Breaking and Entering by Joy WIlliams  Leave Society by Tao Lin    Dave, top books mentioned:  Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyaasi Intimacies by Katie Kitamura The Overstory by Richard Powers Autoportrait by Jesse Ball Liberation Day by George Saunders   Matt, top books read this year: Robert Crews by Thomas Berger Literary Alchemist by Steve Paul We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper  Airport Music by Mark Tardi Zol by REYoung   Evan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanstephenshall/ Pinegrove website: https://pinegroveband.com/   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In this episode, we talk with prolific reader and accomplished musician Evan Stephens Hall from the band Pinegrove. We discuss his top books of the year and go through a few of our own favorite reading experiences from 2022. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VlOOWf-Qk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here is the David Foster Wallace &amp; Richard Powers Q&amp;A we mention</a>.  <a href="https://lannan.org/media/richard-powers-and-david-foster-wallace-with-john-obrien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">And here is the reading poriton of that event that begins with DFW talking about the “brick” in his pocket.</a> The Pinegrove songs featured in this episode are Alaska and Habitat.  Thank you to Rough Trade Records, Pinegrove and Evan Stephens Hall for permission.  Here are our Concavity Show Best Songs of 2022 playlists: iTunes: <a href="https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/best-of-2022/pl.u-EdAVv5dCaMJB7j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/best-of-2022/pl.u-EdAVv5dCaMJB7j</a> Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BwuTDJq2LoU8ZzdSDXSK5?si=052f5d25ed514b43" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BwuTDJq2LoU8ZzdSDXSK5?si=052f5d25ed514b43</a> Evan, top books mentioned: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (<a href="https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/ernest-j-gaines-stamp-S_482904" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gaines stamp!</a>) Morality Play by Barry Unsworth Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Public Library by Ali Smith (and Autumn!) Breaking and Entering by Joy WIlliams  Leave Society by Tao Lin  Dave, top books mentioned:  Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyaasi Intimacies by Katie Kitamura The Overstory by Richard Powers Autoportrait by Jesse Ball Liberation Day by George Saunders Matt, top books read this year: Robert Crews by Thomas Berger Literary Alchemist by Steve Paul We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper  Airport Music by Mark Tardi Zol by REYoung Evan on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/evanstephenshall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/evanstephenshall/</a> Pinegrove website: <a href="https://pinegroveband.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pinegroveband.com/</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 71 - Year in Review 2022 with Evan Stephens Hall of Pinegrove

Peyton Thomas

In episode 70, we talk to our friend Peyton Thomas, a DFW, Louisa May Alcott, and American Girl doll enthusiast. His recent YA novel, Both Sides Now, was published in 2021, and his writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Pitchfork, and Billboard, and many other places. Peyton is currently at work on his second novel, a contemporary interpretation of Little Women. You can read more about this forthcoming book in Oprah Daily. Peyton also hosts a podcast about Little Women called Jo's Boys.  Peyton's website - https://peytonthomas.ca/ Buy Both Sides Now - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652876/both-sides-now-by-peyton-thomas/ Jo's Boys Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jos-boys-a-little-women-podcast/id1610742792 Peyton's Pitchfork reviews - https://pitchfork.com/staff/peyton-thomas/albumreviews/ Peyton on Twitter - https://twitter.com/peytonology Infinite Jest Fanfiction on Archive of Our Own - https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Infinite%20Jest%20-%20David%20Foster%20Wallace/works   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In episode 70, we talk to our friend Peyton Thomas, a DFW, Louisa May Alcott, and American Girl doll enthusiast. His recent YA novel, Both Sides Now, was published in 2021, and his writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Pitchfork, and Billboard, and many other places. Peyton is currently at work on his second novel, a contemporary interpretation of Little Women. You can read more about this forthcoming book in <a href="https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a40395357/the-radical-acceptance-behind-little-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oprah Daily</a>. Peyton also hosts a podcast about Little Women called Jo's Boys. Peyton's website - <a href="https://peytonthomas.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://peytonthomas.ca/</a> Buy Both Sides Now - <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652876/both-sides-now-by-peyton-thomas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652876/both-sides-now-by-peyton-thomas/</a> Jo's Boys Podcast - <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jos-boys-a-little-women-podcast/id1610742792" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jos-boys-a-little-women-podcast/id1610742792</a> Peyton's Pitchfork reviews - <a href="https://pitchfork.com/staff/peyton-thomas/albumreviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/staff/peyton-thomas/albumreviews/</a> Peyton on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/peytonology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/peytonology</a> Infinite Jest Fanfiction on Archive of Our Own - <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Infinite%20Jest%20-%20David%20Foster%20Wallace/works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Infinite%20Jest%20-%20David%20Foster%20Wallace/works</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 70 - Peyton Thomas, author of Both Sides Now

George Saunders

In Episode 69, we talk to our friend Mike O'Connell about his recent collection from University of Mississippi Press, Conversations with George Saunders, and discuss Mike's background, the origins of the collection, particulars of the interviews in the book, the trajectory and flavor of Saunders' literary career, and where it all might go.    Buy the Conversations book here - https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-George-Saunders Buy George's brand new book, Liberation Day here - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564990/liberation-day-by-george-saunders/   You can find Michael online in these places: Twitter - https://twitter.com/moc Academia.edu - https://sienaheights.academia.edu/MichaelOConnell Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/books_in_2022/   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 69, we talk to our friend Mike O'Connell about his recent collection from University of Mississippi Press, Conversations with George Saunders, and discuss Mike's background, the origins of the collection, particulars of the interviews in the book, the trajectory and flavor of Saunders' literary career, and where it all might go.  Buy the Conversations book here - <a href="https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-George-Saunders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-George-Saunders</a> Buy George's brand new book, Liberation Day here - <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564990/liberation-day-by-george-saunders/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564990/liberation-day-by-george-saunders/</a> You can find Michael online in these places: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/moc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/moc</a> <a href="http://Academia.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Academia.edu</a> - <a href="https://sienaheights.academia.edu/MichaelOConnell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sienaheights.academia.edu/MichaelOConnell</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/books_in_2022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/books_in_2022/</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 69 - Michael O’Connell, editor of Conversations with George Saunders

Adam Levin

In Adam's second appearance on the show, we discuss his brand new novel, Mount Chicago, which follows a handful of characters living in the shadow of a "terrestrial anomaly" that befalls Chicago's downtown. Both hilarious and tragic, the book shows off Levin's great versatility as a storyteller, metafictionist, humorist, and, maybe to some extent, autobiographer. We also talk about birds (again).  Buy Adam's new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695826/mount-chicago-by-adam-levin/ or here: https://bookshop.org/books/mount-chicago/9780385548243 Adam's website: https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/ Seminary Co-op Virtual Event on August 10th (registration required) - https://www.semcoop.com/event/adam-levin-mount-chicago "A Lot of Things Have Happened" by Adam Levin - The New Yorker  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/27/a-lot-of-things-have-happened Recent New York Times piece on Mount Chicago - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/books/summer-books-writers.html   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Adam's second appearance on the show, we discuss his brand new novel, Mount Chicago, which follows a handful of characters living in the shadow of a "terrestrial anomaly" that befalls Chicago's downtown. Both hilarious and tragic, the book shows off Levin's great versatility as a storyteller, metafictionist, humorist, and, maybe to some extent, autobiographer. We also talk about birds (again).  Buy Adam's new book here: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695826/mount-chicago-by-adam-levin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695826/mount-chicago-by-adam-levin/</a> or here: <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/mount-chicago/9780385548243" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/books/mount-chicago/9780385548243</a> Adam's website: <a href="https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/</a> Seminary Co-op Virtual Event on August 10th (registration required) - <a href="https://www.semcoop.com/event/adam-levin-mount-chicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.semcoop.com/event/adam-levin-mount-chicago</a> "A Lot of Things Have Happened" by Adam Levin - The New Yorker <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/27/a-lot-of-things-have-happened" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/27/a-lot-of-things-have-happened</a> Recent New York Times piece on Mount Chicago - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/books/summer-books-writers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/books/summer-books-writers.html</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 68 - Adam Levin, author of Mount Chicago

Christian TeBordo

In Episode 67, we welcome Christian TeBordo back to the show to discuss his new novel, The Apology, as well as get a rundown of the recent David Foster Wallace conference in Austin, with overall reflections from Matt.  Christian on Twitter - https://twitter.com/xtebordo Buy The Apology here - https://www.astrophilpress.com/the-apology   Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 67, we welcome Christian TeBordo back to the show to discuss his new novel, The Apology, as well as get a rundown of the recent David Foster Wallace conference in Austin, with overall reflections from Matt.  Christian on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/xtebordo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/xtebordo</a> Buy The Apology here - <a href="https://www.astrophilpress.com/the-apology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.astrophilpress.com/the-apology</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 67 - Christian TeBordo, author of The Apology (and DFW22 Conference Recap)

Dario Diofebi

In Episode 66, we welcome Dario Diofebi, the mind behind one of our favorite books of 2021, Paradise, Nevada, from Bloomsbury Publishing.  You can buy the book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/paradise-nevada-9781635576207/ Stay tuned for the bonus episode, dropping about two weeks from this launch. Check out our Patreon for access details: https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow   Contact Matt and Dave:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 66, we welcome Dario Diofebi, the mind behind one of our favorite books of 2021, Paradise, Nevada, from Bloomsbury Publishing.  You can buy the book here: <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/paradise-nevada-9781635576207/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/paradise-nevada-9781635576207/</a> Stay tuned for the bonus episode, dropping about two weeks from this launch. Check out our Patreon for access details: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Contact Matt and Dave:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 66 - Dario Diofebi, author of Paradise, Nevada

Kyle Beachy

In Episode 65, we bear witness to the glorious return of Kyle Beachy to the show, to discuss his new book on skateboarding (and marriage, architecture, literature, etc.), The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life, out now from Grand Central Publishing! You can buy the book from your friendly local book store, or online, here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-most-fun-thing-dispatches-from-a-skateboard-life-9781549166969/9781538754115 Find Kyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylebeachy And here: https://twitter.com/TheMostFunThing Kyle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themostfunthing/?hl=en Kyle's Podcast, Vent City: https://soundcloud.com/ventcity Read and check out more or Kyle's writing, interviews, and videos here: https://linktr.ee/kbeachy   Contact Matt and Dave:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/

In Episode 65, we bear witness to the glorious return of Kyle Beachy to the show, to discuss his new book on skateboarding (and marriage, architecture, literature, etc.), The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life, out now from Grand Central Publishing! You can buy the book from your friendly local book store, or online, here: <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-most-fun-thing-dispatches-from-a-skateboard-life-9781549166969/9781538754115" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/books/the-most-fun-thing-dispatches-from-a-skateboard-life-9781549166969/9781538754115</a> Find Kyle on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kylebeachy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kylebeachy</a> And here: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMostFunThing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheMostFunThing</a> Kyle's Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/themostfunthing/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/themostfunthing/?hl=en</a> Kyle's Podcast, Vent City: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ventcity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/ventcity</a> Read and check out more or Kyle's writing, interviews, and videos here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/kbeachy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/kbeachy</a> Contact Matt and Dave:  Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Threadless Merch Store - <a href="https://concavityshow.threadless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://concavityshow.threadless.com/</a>

Episode 65 - Kyle Beachy, author of The Most Fun Thing

A podcast about literary fiction and the world of books, with hosts Matt Bucher and Dave Laird. [Logo by Chris Ayers]

Great podcast for DFW nerds and fans of literature in general. Love it.

So happy to have found this. Thank you so much for putting in the effort. It&#39;s appreciated.

I'm in love.

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David Foster Wallace

Martina Testa

In Episode 54, we talk to Martina Testa, Editor at Edizioni SUR, and one of Wallace's Italian translators and interpreters. The conversation explores her background with discovering Wallace's writing, getting contracts to translate his work, the Italian fervour surrounding him, and her friendship with Wallace.    You can find Martina online in these places: Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinatesta Edizioni SUR Website - https://www.edizionisur.it/chi-siamo/   Connect with The Great Concavity here: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

In Episode 54, we talk to Martina Testa, Editor at Edizioni SUR, and one of Wallace's Italian translators and interpreters. The conversation explores her background with discovering Wallace's writing, getting contracts to translate his work, the Italian fervour surrounding him, and her friendship with Wallace.  You can find Martina online in these places: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/martinatesta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/martinatesta</a> Edizioni SUR Website - <a href="https://www.edizionisur.it/chi-siamo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.edizionisur.it/chi-siamo/</a> Connect with The Great Concavity here: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 54 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Martina Testa

Nick Maniatis

In this episode, we talk with Nick Maniatis, proprietor and webmaster of the invaluable website, The Howling Fantods.   http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/    If you are a DFW fan, Nick probably needs no introduction, but we do ask him how the site came to be and how it has evolved over the years.     Be sure to follow him on Twitter here:@nick_maniatis or on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/and.but.so/

In this episode, we talk with Nick Maniatis, proprietor and webmaster of the invaluable website, The Howling Fantods. <a href="http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/ </a> If you are a DFW fan, Nick probably needs no introduction, but we do ask him how the site came to be and how it has evolved over the years.  Be sure to follow him on Twitter here:<a href="https://twitter.com/nick_maniatis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nick_maniatis</a> or on Facebook here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/and.but.so/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/and.but.so/</a>

Episode 10: Discussing David Foster Wallace with Nick Maniatis of The Howling Fantods

Greg Carlisle

In Episode 40, we welcome Greg Carlisle, author of the Infinite Jest commentary, Elegant Complexity, and Nature's Nightmare, an analysis of Wallace's Oblivion collection.    Greg's books here: http://www.sideshowmediagroup.com/books/   Contact Greg: g.carlisle@moreheadstate.edu

In Episode 40, we welcome Greg Carlisle, author of the Infinite Jest commentary, Elegant Complexity, and Nature's Nightmare, an analysis of Wallace's Oblivion collection.  Greg's books here: <a href="http://www.sideshowmediagroup.com/books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sideshowmediagroup.com/books/</a> Contact Greg: g.carlisle@moreheadstate.edu

Episode 40 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Greg Carlisle

In Episode 53, we're joined by the writer Adam Levin, author of The Instructions, Hot Pink, and the incredible forthcoming novel Bubblegum, which releases April 14, 2020. In our conversation, we talk a good deal about the new novel, Adam's experience reading/thinking about Wallace, swearing, parrots, swearing &amp; parrots, metafiction, and other fun topics. Show notes: Adam's website: https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/ Order Bubblegum - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544962 Guernica excerpt of Bubblegum - https://www.guernicamag.com/bubblegum/?fbclid=IwAR39CVIwDGSW9KZm7rrzGA7DaMEAG4sLpf7lxjHVZq4wEvtYZpo2LJW7s58 Order The Instructions - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-instructions Order Hot Pink - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink?taxon_id=1 "Kid Positive" The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/kid-positive "Kid Positive" interview, The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/adam-levin-03-02-20   Contact Us:  Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

In Episode 53, we're joined by the writer Adam Levin, author of The Instructions, Hot Pink, and the incredible forthcoming novel Bubblegum, which releases April 14, 2020. In our conversation, we talk a good deal about the new novel, Adam's experience reading/thinking about Wallace, swearing, parrots, swearing &amp; parrots, metafiction, and other fun topics. Show notes: Adam's website: <a href="https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/</a> Order Bubblegum - <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544962" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544962</a> Guernica excerpt of Bubblegum - <a href="https://www.guernicamag.com/bubblegum/?fbclid=IwAR39CVIwDGSW9KZm7rrzGA7DaMEAG4sLpf7lxjHVZq4wEvtYZpo2LJW7s58" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guernicamag.com/bubblegum/?fbclid=IwAR39CVIwDGSW9KZm7rrzGA7DaMEAG4sLpf7lxjHVZq4wEvtYZpo2LJW7s58</a> Order The Instructions - <a href="https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-instructions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-instructions</a> Order Hot Pink - <a href="https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink?taxon_id=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink?taxon_id=1</a> "Kid Positive" The New Yorker - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/kid-positive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/kid-positive</a> "Kid Positive" interview, The New Yorker - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/adam-levin-03-02-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/adam-levin-03-02-20</a> Contact Us:  Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 53 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Adam Levin, author of Bubblegum and The Instructions

In this episode we talk with Allard about philosophy and film in relation to the work of Wallace, and to lesser extent, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Safran Foer. Dr. Allard den Dulk is Lecturer in Philosophy, Literature and Film at Amsterdam University College, and Research Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is the author of Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer, which is a significant topic of our conversation as well. Other topics include what it's like to show up unannounced at J.S. Foer's personal residence, and DFW cosplay. Allard's website is: http://www.allarddendulk.nl/ His book, published by Bloomsbury, is available here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/existentialist-engagement-in-wallace-eggers-and-foer-9781501322679/

In this episode we talk with Allard about philosophy and film in relation to the work of Wallace, and to lesser extent, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Safran Foer. Dr. Allard den Dulk is Lecturer in Philosophy, Literature and Film at Amsterdam University College, and Research Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is the author of Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer, which is a significant topic of our conversation as well. Other topics include what it's like to show up unannounced at J.S. Foer's personal residence, and DFW cosplay. Allard's website is: <a href="http://www.allarddendulk.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.allarddendulk.nl/</a> His book, published by Bloomsbury, is available here: <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/existentialist-engagement-in-wallace-eggers-and-foer-9781501322679/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/existentialist-engagement-in-wallace-eggers-and-foer-9781501322679/</a>

Episode 33 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Allard den Dulk

Don DeLillo

This is the second and final episode covering Wallace and DeLillo's correspondence, housed at the Ransom Center Archive in Austin, Texas.  Show notes:  1996 Leonard Lopate interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4AeIRKbfwhttps://www.wnyc.org/story/56878-david-foster-wallace/ 1996 David Streitfeld piece: https://craigfehrman.com/2010/05/05/details-1996-profile-of-david-foster-wallace/ Robyn O'Neil's show at The Modern, WE, THE MASSES: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/robyn-oneil-we-the-masses-/5115 Robyn O'Neil pop-up shop at The Modern: https://shop.themodern.org/collections/robyn-oneil   Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

This is the second and final episode covering Wallace and DeLillo's correspondence, housed at the Ransom Center Archive in Austin, Texas.  Show notes:  1996 Leonard Lopate interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4AeIRKbfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4AeIRKbfw</a><a href="https://www.wnyc.org/story/56878-david-foster-wallace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wnyc.org/story/56878-david-foster-wallace/</a> 1996 David Streitfeld piece: <a href="https://craigfehrman.com/2010/05/05/details-1996-profile-of-david-foster-wallace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://craigfehrman.com/2010/05/05/details-1996-profile-of-david-foster-wallace/</a> Robyn O'Neil's show at The Modern, WE, THE MASSES: <a href="https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/robyn-oneil-we-the-masses-/5115" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/robyn-oneil-we-the-masses-/5115</a> Robyn O'Neil pop-up shop at The Modern: <a href="https://shop.themodern.org/collections/robyn-oneil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.themodern.org/collections/robyn-oneil</a> Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 49.2 - Discussing David Foster Wallace & Don DeLillo’s Letters

Andrew Savage

In this episode we speak with the multi-talented writer and musician Andrew Savage of the band Parquet Courts. Their song “Instant Disassembly” opens and closes each episode of our podcast, but more importantly, Andrew is a super-literate dude who is capable of expounding on almost any topic. Here is the video that Dave mentions of George Saunders’ appearance on The Charlie Rose show: https://charlierose.com/videos/23703 (DFW discussion starts at 40:54). Check out Parquet Courts on Spotify or Apple Music or YouTube or just shout their name out the nearest window. Their official website is https://parquetcourts.wordpress.com/ _____________ Show notes 01:54 - Why Dave chose “Instant Disassembly” as our intro song 01:55 - Thematic relation between DFW’s writing and “Instant Disassembly” 01:56 - There’s ennui but it’s also a really bitchin’ song 02:45 - Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” 03:46 - Bookworm’s theme song 08:35 - Growing up in Denton, Texas 09:53 - Austin Brown 13:30 - The Marked Men 14:40 - The Parking Lot set in Charlottesville  16:53 - Where did we play in Vancouver 18:49 - Parquet courts in The Garden and basketball 20:08 - Influenced by fiction 22:14 - Coming to Wallace, an intro thereto 23:52 - IJ/DFW influences everything 25:31 - The anxiety of influence, nah 29:56 - What to hold back 32:12 - Trump is a germaphobe 33:23 - The labor issues of being a musician 36:08 - New Sincerity discussion 39:13 - Parquet Courts and the Irony of Blah Blah Blah 43:45 - What makes a good performance 44:41 - Smaller venues 46:13 - Dealing with cynicism 48:12 - Favorite Wallace stuff 51:30 - The Depressed Person: parody or not? 55:30 - The existential angst of the modern condition 57:03 - We’ve all got holes to fill 58:40 - In search of lost time 1:02:00 - Listening to music the way we read 1:03:49 - The Big Ship on repeat 1:05:00 - Cate Le Bon 1:06:01 - Opposite Sex from New Zealand &amp; Hamlet 1:07:40 - Glasgow has a grid system 1:08:56 - Favorite books &amp; movies - Knausgaard 1:10:43 - Eva Hesse’s diaries 1:13:01 - A movie discussion ensues 1:14:19 - The song North Dakota 1:17:23 - How to finish things 1:28:30 - Easter egg

In this episode we speak with the multi-talented writer and musician Andrew Savage of the band Parquet Courts. Their song “Instant Disassembly” opens and closes each episode of our podcast, but more importantly, Andrew is a super-literate dude who is capable of expounding on almost any topic. Here is the video that Dave mentions of George Saunders’ appearance on The Charlie Rose show: <a href="https://charlierose.com/videos/23703" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://charlierose.com/videos/23703</a> (DFW discussion starts at 40:54). Check out <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/23NIwARd4vPbxt3wwNnJ6k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parquet Courts on Spotify</a> or Apple Music or YouTube or just shout their name out the nearest window. Their official website is <a href="https://parquetcourts.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://parquetcourts.wordpress.com/</a> _____________ Show notes 01:54 - Why Dave chose “Instant Disassembly” as our intro song 01:55 - Thematic relation between DFW’s writing and “Instant Disassembly” 01:56 - There’s ennui but it’s also a really bitchin’ song 02:45 - Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” 03:46 - Bookworm’s theme song 08:35 - Growing up in Denton, Texas 09:53 - Austin Brown 13:30 - The Marked Men 14:40 - The Parking Lot set in Charlottesville 16:53 - Where did we play in Vancouver 18:49 - Parquet courts in The Garden and basketball 20:08 - Influenced by fiction 22:14 - Coming to Wallace, an intro thereto 23:52 - IJ/DFW influences everything 25:31 - The anxiety of influence, nah 29:56 - What to hold back 32:12 - Trump is a germaphobe 33:23 - The labor issues of being a musician 36:08 - New Sincerity discussion 39:13 - Parquet Courts and the Irony of Blah Blah Blah 43:45 - What makes a good performance 44:41 - Smaller venues 46:13 - Dealing with cynicism 48:12 - Favorite Wallace stuff 51:30 - The Depressed Person: parody or not? 55:30 - The existential angst of the modern condition 57:03 - We’ve all got holes to fill 58:40 - In search of lost time 1:02:00 - Listening to music the way we read 1:03:49 - The Big Ship on repeat 1:05:00 - Cate Le Bon 1:06:01 - Opposite Sex from New Zealand &amp; Hamlet 1:07:40 - Glasgow has a grid system 1:08:56 - Favorite books &amp; movies - Knausgaard 1:10:43 - Eva Hesse’s diaries 1:13:01 - A movie discussion ensues 1:14:19 - The song North Dakota 1:17:23 - How to finish things 1:28:30 - Easter egg

Episode 23 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts

Matt Luter

In this episode we speak with Matthew Luter, DFW scholar and author of Understanding Jonathan Lethem. https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2015/7512.html We discuss the state of DFW studies, academia, and Matt's paper at this year's DFW Conference. Matt's paper deals with, among other things, Rita Felski's work and Kevin Birmingham's book on Ulysses, "The Most Dangerous Book." We also make mention of Sidney Peterson's 1947 experimental film "The Cage" which you can watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXEW_ZCqWsc You can follow Matt on Twitter at @matthewjluter.

In this episode we speak with Matthew Luter, DFW scholar and author of Understanding Jonathan Lethem. <a href="https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2015/7512.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2015/7512.html</a> We discuss the state of DFW studies, academia, and Matt's paper at this year's DFW Conference. Matt's paper deals with, among other things, Rita Felski's work and Kevin Birmingham's book on Ulysses, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Battle-Ulysses/dp/0143127543" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Most Dangerous Book</a>." We also make mention of Sidney Peterson's 1947 experimental film "The Cage" which you can watch on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXEW_ZCqWsc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXEW_ZCqWsc</a> You can follow Matt on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewjluter?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@matthewjluter</a>.

Episode 31 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Matt Luter

Jim Gauer

In Episode 47, we're joined by Jim Gauer, author of the excellent Novel Explosives, a book you've no doubt heard us mention in recent conversations. Jim is a mathematician, published poet, and self-described as the world's only Marxist venture capitalist.  In this discussion, we cover a range of topics around Jim's book, it's relation to Wallace's sensibilities and Infinite Jest, the dangers of hyper-capitalism, the anxiety of influence, lethality enhancement, and a host of others.  Jim's book can be purchased through your local bookstore (which he most encourages), with the backup plan of online sales (though he implores you to avoid giving Jeff Bezos more money to fuel his space colony dystopia, if possible) - http://zerogrampress.com/2016/10/08/novel-explosives/   Links discussed: Jim's interview with Michael Silverblatt on Bookworm: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/jim-gauer-novel-explosives Jim's interview on Eye 94: https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/eye-94-4-15-2018-jim-gauer/ Jim's Paris Review poetry: https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2778/will-this-thought-do-jim-gauer   Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

In Episode 47, we're joined by Jim Gauer, author of the excellent Novel Explosives, a book you've no doubt heard us mention in recent conversations. Jim is a mathematician, published poet, and self-described as the world's only Marxist venture capitalist.  In this discussion, we cover a range of topics around Jim's book, it's relation to Wallace's sensibilities and Infinite Jest, the dangers of hyper-capitalism, the anxiety of influence, lethality enhancement, and a host of others.  Jim's book can be purchased through your local bookstore (which he most encourages), with the backup plan of online sales (though he implores you to avoid giving Jeff Bezos more money to fuel his space colony dystopia, if possible) - <a href="http://zerogrampress.com/2016/10/08/novel-explosives/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://zerogrampress.com/2016/10/08/novel-explosives/</a> Links discussed: Jim's interview with Michael Silverblatt on Bookworm: <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/jim-gauer-novel-explosives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/jim-gauer-novel-explosives</a> Jim's interview on Eye 94: <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/eye-94-4-15-2018-jim-gauer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/eye-94-4-15-2018-jim-gauer/</a> Jim's Paris Review poetry: <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2778/will-this-thought-do-jim-gauer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2778/will-this-thought-do-jim-gauer</a> Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 47 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Jim Gauer, author of Novel Explosives

Jeff Severs

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Severs, author of the excellent new book David Foster Wallace’s Balancing Books: Fictions of Value, published by Columbia University Press. Severs is associate professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Convexity.  Severs is also a noted Pynchon scholar, author of a number of scholarly articles and co-editor of a book about Against the Day.  His website can be found at https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/   Show Notes 1:00 - Introductions 2:40 - Austinites 3:34 - James Manguson 5:00 - MFA programs 6:10 - Mary Carter - the name Matt was trying to think of  7:50 - Overview of the book  9:05 - Balance in general 10:05 - Axiology - study of valuation 13:06 - Heidegger defines axios 17:18 - A Tripartite writer 26:26 - A biographical approach  34:15 - Juxtaposing hard labor with a dissolute consumerist society 40:31 - GQ, Obama, rhetoric, 2008 46:53 - The civic vision of the Pale King 1:35:40 - Jeff correctly picks Moonlight as the Best Picture winner!

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Severs, author of the excellent new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/David-Foster-Wallaces-Balancing-Books/dp/0231179448" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Foster Wallace’s Balancing Books: Fictions of Value</a>, published by Columbia University Press. Severs is associate professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Convexity. Severs is also a noted Pynchon scholar, author of a number of scholarly articles and co-editor of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pynchons-Against-Day-Corrupted-Pilgrims/dp/1611490642" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a book about Against the Day</a>. His website can be found at <a href="https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/</a> Show Notes 1:00 - Introductions 2:40 - Austinites 3:34 - James Manguson 5:00 - MFA programs 6:10 - Mary Carter - the name Matt was trying to think of 7:50 - Overview of the book 9:05 - Balance in general 10:05 - Axiology - study of valuation 13:06 - Heidegger defines axios 17:18 - A Tripartite writer 26:26 - A biographical approach 34:15 - Juxtaposing hard labor with a dissolute consumerist society 40:31 - GQ, Obama, rhetoric, 2008 46:53 - The civic vision of the Pale King 1:35:40 - Jeff correctly picks Moonlight as the Best Picture winner!

Episode 26: Discussing David Foster Wallace with Jeff Severs

After a very busy summer, Dave and Matt reconvene to discuss the Wallace/DeLillo correspondence housed at the Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. This will be the first instalment of a several-part episode, as there's a lot here to cover! Five Dials, David Foster Wallace Memorial - https://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no10.pdf   Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

After a very busy summer, Dave and Matt reconvene to discuss the Wallace/DeLillo correspondence housed at the Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. This will be the first instalment of a several-part episode, as there's a lot here to cover! Five Dials, David Foster Wallace Memorial - <a href="https://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no10.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no10.pdf</a> Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 49.1 - Discussing David Foster Wallace & Don DeLillo's Letters

Lee Konstantinou

This time, we talk to our friend Lee Konstantinou, a contemporary US literature scholar who has published significantly on Wallace. His new book Cool Characters is available now from Harvard University Press.

This time, we talk to our friend Lee Konstantinou, a contemporary US literature scholar who has published significantly on Wallace. His new book <a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674967885" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cool Characters</a> is available now from Harvard University Press.

Episode 25 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Lee Konstantinou

William Beutler

Bill Lattanzi

In Episode 36 we have not one, but two special guests(!), both experts in the cartography of Infinite Jest's Boston (and beyond). William Beutler is the creative mind behind the staggeringly glorious Infinite Map (among other things), and Bill Lattanzi has led a series of walking tours in the Boston area tracing the locations of Wallace's opus, so you can see the emerging theme of the episode here.  List of links to pertinent discussion points in the episode: Infinite Atlas: http://infiniteatlas.com/  LA Review of Books article by Bill L: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/messing-maps-walking-david-foster-wallaces-boston/  Bloomington-Normal City website: David Foster Wallace tour: http://www.visitbn.org/visit/6171/david-foster-wallace/  Bloomington-Normal DFW sites map: http://www.visitbn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/David-Foster-Wallace-Map-1.pdf  Engl 3001: "Walking Infinite Jest" at Boston College: http://www.walkinginfinitejest.com/  Infinite Atlas shop: https://shop.beutlerink.com/ ENTER CODE "CONCAVITY" FOR 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS!  Infinite Map: https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/infinite-map  Great Seal of O.N.A.N.: https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/posters/products/great-seal-of-o-n-a-n  O.N.A.N. Stickers: https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/seal-of-onan-sticker  Infinite Jest tote bag: https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/other/products/hfb-tote-bag  Granada House website: https://granadahouse.org/ ("An Ex-Resident's Story" by Wallace: https://granadahouse.org/testimonials/an-ex-residents-story/)  Madras Press Fogle Novella: https://gumroad.com/l/advancedtax  Aaron Swartz's Infinite Jest ending explanation: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend  Bill Lattanzi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/blattanzi  William Beutler's Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamBeutler  Bill Lattanzi's WBUR piece on Derek Walcott: http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/03/20/remembering-poet-derek-walcott-bill-lattanzi  William Beutler's podcast, Enter the Void: Website: http://enterthevoid.fm/ &amp; Twitter: https://twitter.com/enterthepod?lang=en  William Beutler's other podcast, KubrickCast: Website: http://kubrickcast.com/ &amp; Twitter: https://twitter.com/KubrickCast   Matt and Dave can be reached at the following places:  Email: concavityshow@gmail.com  Twitter: @concavityshow  Instagram: @concavityshow  Matt Twitter: @mattbucher  Dave Twitter: @dave__laird

In Episode 36 we have not one, but two special guests(!), both experts in the cartography of Infinite Jest's Boston (and beyond). William Beutler is the creative mind behind the staggeringly glorious Infinite Map (among other things), and Bill Lattanzi has led a series of walking tours in the Boston area tracing the locations of Wallace's opus, so you can see the emerging theme of the episode here.  List of links to pertinent discussion points in the episode: Infinite Atlas: <a href="http://infiniteatlas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://infiniteatlas.com/</a> LA Review of Books article by Bill L: <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/messing-maps-walking-david-foster-wallaces-boston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/messing-maps-walking-david-foster-wallaces-boston/</a> Bloomington-Normal City website: David Foster Wallace tour: <a href="http://www.visitbn.org/visit/6171/david-foster-wallace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.visitbn.org/visit/6171/david-foster-wallace/</a> Bloomington-Normal DFW sites map: <a href="http://www.visitbn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/David-Foster-Wallace-Map-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.visitbn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/David-Foster-Wallace-Map-1.pdf</a> Engl 3001: "Walking Infinite Jest" at Boston College: <a href="http://www.walkinginfinitejest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.walkinginfinitejest.com/</a> Infinite Atlas shop: <a href="https://shop.beutlerink.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.beutlerink.com/</a> ENTER CODE "CONCAVITY" FOR 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS! Infinite Map: <a href="https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/infinite-map" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/infinite-map</a> Great Seal of O.N.A.N.: <a href="https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/posters/products/great-seal-of-o-n-a-n" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/posters/products/great-seal-of-o-n-a-n</a> O.N.A.N. Stickers: <a href="https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/seal-of-onan-sticker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.beutlerink.com/products/seal-of-onan-sticker</a> Infinite Jest tote bag: <a href="https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/other/products/hfb-tote-bag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.beutlerink.com/collections/other/products/hfb-tote-bag</a> Granada House website: <a href="https://granadahouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://granadahouse.org/</a> ("An Ex-Resident's Story" by Wallace: <a href="https://granadahouse.org/testimonials/an-ex-residents-story/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://granadahouse.org/testimonials/an-ex-residents-story/</a>) Madras Press Fogle Novella: <a href="https://gumroad.com/l/advancedtax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gumroad.com/l/advancedtax</a> Aaron Swartz's Infinite Jest ending explanation: <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend</a> Bill Lattanzi's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/blattanzi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/blattanzi</a> William Beutler's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamBeutler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WilliamBeutler</a> Bill Lattanzi's WBUR piece on Derek Walcott: <a href="http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/03/20/remembering-poet-derek-walcott-bill-lattanzi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/03/20/remembering-poet-derek-walcott-bill-lattanzi</a> William Beutler's podcast, Enter the Void: Website: <a href="http://enterthevoid.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://enterthevoid.fm/</a> &amp; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/enterthepod?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/enterthepod?lang=en</a> William Beutler's other podcast, KubrickCast: Website: <a href="http://kubrickcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kubrickcast.com/</a> &amp; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KubrickCast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KubrickCast</a> Matt and Dave can be reached at the following places: Email: <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@concavityshow</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@concavityshow</a> Matt Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mattbucher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mattbucher</a> Dave Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dave__laird" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dave__laird</a>

Episode 36 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with William Beutler and Bill Lattanzi

Jill Braithwaite

This time we talk to our friend Jill Braithwaite, a Wallace scholar who wrote her Masters thesis on Infinite Jest and its connections to the ideas of theologian Paul Tillich and Unitarian Universalism. She is on Twitter here.  Jill mentions a sermon she gave (in which Wallace's Kenyon speech makes a sigificant appearance), which can be found here. 

This time we talk to our friend Jill Braithwaite, a Wallace scholar who wrote her Masters thesis on Infinite Jest and its connections to the ideas of theologian Paul Tillich and Unitarian Universalism. She is on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jillmpls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  Jill mentions a sermon she gave (in which Wallace's Kenyon speech makes a sigificant appearance), which can be found <a href="http://firstuniv.podbean.com/e/27-july-2014-what-is-beauty-for-by-jill-braithwaite/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Episode 27 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Jill Braithwaite

Shazia Hafiz Ramji

In this episode we talk to award-winning Vancouver poet and writer Shazia Hafiz Ramji about her three consecutive stints as a guide for Infinite Jest online community reads (Poor Yorick's Summer, Sacred Jest, and the recent Ennet House), as well as her own writing and the influence of DFW. You can find her on Twitter at @Shazi_R Her chapbook is Prosopopoeia Poor Yorick's Summer on Twitter at @poor_summer Sacred Jest on Twitter at @SacredJest Ennet House on Twitter at @infinitejestyvr 

In this episode we talk to award-winning Vancouver poet and writer Shazia Hafiz Ramji about her three consecutive stints as a guide for Infinite Jest online community reads (Poor Yorick's Summer, Sacred Jest, and the recent Ennet House), as well as her own writing and the influence of DFW. You can find her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/Shazia_R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Shazi_R</a> Her chapbook is <a href="http://www.anstrutherpress.com/#/prosopopoeia-by-shazia-hafiz-ramji/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prosopopoeia</a> Poor Yorick's Summer on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/poor_summer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@poor_summer</a> Sacred Jest on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/SacredJest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SacredJest</a> Ennet House on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/infinitejestyvr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@infinitejestyvr </a>

Episode 32 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Shazia Hafiz Ramji

Lucas Thompson

In this episode we are joined by Wallace scholar Lucas Thompson.  Lucas Thompson is the author of the new book Global Wallace (Bloomsbury) which is the first volume in a new series called "David Foster Wallace Studies" edited by Stephen Burn. Global Wallace centers around the often overlooked sources of influence on Wallace's work. Thompson explores Wallace's connection and borrowing from Manuel Puig, Dostoevsky, hip hop culture, and many others. Thompson is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published articles in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Journal of American Studies, The Cormac McCarthy Journal, and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. Forthcoming book chapters appear in The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace, MLA Approaches to Teaching: David Foster Wallace, and MLA Approaches to Teaching: Jewish American Fiction. His reviews have appeared in US Studies Online, The European Legacy, and Philament, and he has also written for The LA Review of Books.

In this episode we are joined by Wallace scholar <a href="https://sydney.academia.edu/LucasThompson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucas Thompson</a>.  Lucas Thompson is the author of the new book Global Wallace (Bloomsbury) which is the first volume in a new series called "David Foster Wallace Studies" edited by Stephen Burn. Global Wallace centers around the often overlooked sources of influence on Wallace's work. Thompson explores Wallace's connection and borrowing from Manuel Puig, Dostoevsky, hip hop culture, and many others. Thompson is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published articles in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Journal of American Studies, The Cormac McCarthy Journal, and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. Forthcoming book chapters appear in The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace, MLA Approaches to Teaching: David Foster Wallace, and MLA Approaches to Teaching: Jewish American Fiction. His reviews have appeared in US Studies Online, The European Legacy, and Philament, and he has also written for The LA Review of Books.

Episode 28 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Lucas Thompson

Marshall Boswell

In Episode 46 we talk to Rhodes College professor and O.G. Wallace scholar Marshall Boswell about his new book The Wallace Effect: David Foster Wallace and the Contemporary Literary Imagination, out now from Bloomsbury Press! As usual, we bash Franzen a bit, get some overview of the central novels addressed in Marshall's book, and discuss the recent trend of "Wallace Snark" online.    Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

In Episode 46 we talk to Rhodes College professor and O.G. Wallace scholar Marshall Boswell about his new book <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-wallace-effect-9781501344909/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wallace Effect: David Foster Wallace and the Contemporary Literary Imagination</a>, out now from Bloomsbury Press! As usual, we bash Franzen a bit, get some overview of the central novels addressed in Marshall's book, and discuss the recent trend of "Wallace Snark" online.  Contact Dave and Matt: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 46 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Marshall Boswell

We're joined by repeat guest Matt Luter to talk about all the fun Dave missed out on at the recent Illinois State University Wallace conference, held June 7-9, 2018. Topics covered include panel recaps, anagram alter egos, karaoke highlights, and all other manner of conference scoops. Almost as good as having been there! 

We're joined by repeat guest Matt Luter to talk about all the fun Dave missed out on at the recent Illinois State University Wallace conference, held June 7-9, 2018. Topics covered include panel recaps, anagram alter egos, karaoke highlights, and all other manner of conference scoops. Almost as good as having been there!

Episode 39 - 2018 ISU David Foster Wallace Conference Review (feat. Matt Luter) 

Grace Chipperfield

In this episode we are joined by Australian Wallace scholar Grace Chipperfield of Flinders University, whose recent work on Wallace deals with the concepts of protracted adolescence and political landscape in Wallace's writing. The recent DFW17 conference and her experience there is also discussed, as is the possible vampireness of Australian politicians (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqKSKDfSSQ). 

In this episode we are joined by Australian Wallace scholar Grace Chipperfield of Flinders University, whose recent work on Wallace deals with the concepts of protracted adolescence and political landscape in Wallace's writing. The recent DFW17 conference and her experience there is also discussed, as is the possible vampireness of Australian politicians (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqKSKDfSSQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqKSKDfSSQ</a>).

Episode 30 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Grace Chipperfield

Michael McGowan

Martin Brick

In Episode 50, we talk to Michael McGowan and Martin Brick, the editors of David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction, out now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-foster-wallace-and-religion-9781501345289/ Contact our guests:  Michael McGowan: prof.mcgowan@gmail.com Martin Brick: brickm@ohiodominican.edu   Contact Dave &amp; Matt Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/

In Episode 50, we talk to Michael McGowan and Martin Brick, the editors of David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction, out now from Bloomsbury Academic: <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-foster-wallace-and-religion-9781501345289/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-foster-wallace-and-religion-9781501345289/</a> Contact our guests:  Michael McGowan: <a href="mailto:prof.mcgowan@gmail.com">prof.mcgowan@gmail.com</a> Martin Brick: <a href="mailto:brickm@ohiodominican.edu">brickm@ohiodominican.edu</a> Contact Dave &amp; Matt Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/</a> Email - <a href="mailto:concavityshow@gmail.com">concavityshow@gmail.com</a> Patreon - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/</a>

Episode 50 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Michael McGowan & Martin Brick

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